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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 632

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Relating to: assessments to evaluate reading readiness. (FE)

Kindergarten Literacy Livestock and meat School School — Board School — Evaluation and testing

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, each school board and operator of an independent charter

school must annually assess the reading readiness of pupils in four-year-old

kindergarten through second grade using an assessment selected by the school board

or operator of the independent charter school. Current law requires that the reading

readiness assessment selected by the school district or operator of the independent

charter school must evaluate whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and

letter sound knowledge.

Under the bill, beginning in the 2020-21 school year, each school board and

operator of an independent charter school must assess pupils in four-year-old

kindergarten through second grade for reading readiness and reading difficulties

using an assessment selected by the school board or operator of the independent

charter school and a voluntary questionnaire about reading difficulties in a pupil's

family history. The bill further specifies that the assessment selected by the school

board or operator of the independent charter school must evaluate whether a pupil

possesses age-appropriate skills in phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid

automatized naming, letter-word reading, and picture-naming vocabulary.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Dittrich (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , L. Myers (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tusler (R) , Wittke (R)

2 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 2, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kulp, Ramthun, Bowen, Dittrich, Kitchens, Krug, L. Myers, Murphy, Mursau, Quinn, Skowronski, Tusler and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Bernier and Carpenter

  2. Dec 2, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1